NU Opens Spring with First Round in Puerto Rico

By NU Athletic Communications

| 02/10/2013

Rio Mar, Puerto Rico - The Nebraska women's golf team got its spring off to a slow start in the first round at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic on Sunday morning.

The Huskers shot a 326 in the opening round, led by junior Katelyn Wright's 79 over the first 18 holes on the 6,191-yard layout of the The River Course at the Rio Mar Beach Resort. Wright's first round put her in a tie for 62nd in an 84-player field, while the Huskers were in 15th as a team.

No. 12 Arkansas leads the team standings after 18 holes following an opening-round 291. No. 6 Alabama and TCU are tied for second at 293. The next eight teams in the standings are all ranked among the top 35 in the nation, including No. 20 Texas Tech (296), No. 25 Iowa State (299), No. 24 Northwestern (300), No. 28 Kentucky (301), the hosts from No. 19 Purdue (303), No. 21 NC State (304), No. 32 SMU (305) and No. 29 Auburn (306) . Kent State (312), Michigan (313), No. 36 Indiana (314) and Nebraska round out the tournament field.

Emily Tubert took the lead in the individual standings after one round with her two-under-par 70. TCU's Kortnie Maxoutopolis and Auburn's Carlie Yadloczky are two strokes back in a tie for second at even-par 72. That trio sits in front of a dozen golfers tied for fourth at 73.

The second round of the 54-hole event continues on Monday morning with 18 holes beginning at 6 a.m. central time. Live scoring will be available on golfstat.com.